I can't sufficiently characterise the immense relief when you finally start reaching the end of an injury that has taken ages to heal.

Like if David After Dentist (I can't believe that video is ten years old) had a year-long hangover that finally started to clear.

Against my better judgment, I've been playing Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. In many ways, it's a great bookend for a generation: it tries to combine some of the biggest game design elements from the last five years. Unfortunately, these elements seem to have been built by people who haven't really understood what makes them truly enjoyable.

The obvious comparison is the Soulslike. This has been such a huge genre this generation, with very few games capturing the essence of what makes it such a compelling format. From Software knows that brutal difficulty in a game is totally fine, but it has to be fair. Enemies in Demon Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro all have the ability to send you back to the last checkpoint, but every time it happens, it's because it's hard; not because it's unfair. JFO feels cheap and unfair almost constantly. Enemies travel on rails to hit you, making dodging impossible. Perhaps the most important issue is that enemies can block a combo attack, but if an enemy is comboing you, there doesn't seem to be anything you can do about it.

However, when a fight is fun, it's really fun. The swordplay is very satisfying, and once you start accumulating force powers, they become a really cool part of the combat.

The other big genre they've had a go at is the Metroidvania. It's not a popular genre to attempt on a 3D plane but they have done a very good job at making this fun. Progression never feels arbitrary, and when new pathways open up, exploring them is a lot of fun. The platforming is also done well. Platforming in 3D is notoriously frustrating but it's very satisfying here, and chaining wall-running, climbing and vine swinging is fun when it goes well.

The main criticism is that it can be difficult to carve a path on the map. Trying to navigate back to your ship when you've finished a mission can be super disorienting. It would've defeated a fundamental principle of the Metroidvania but having some sort of waypoint system so you don't get lost would really help. I genuinely almost gave up returning to the ship after one mission; I got so lost.

Major criticisms notwithstanding, I am having a lot of fun with this game. Normally a game that annoys me as much as this one does would've been traded in by now, but something about it keeps force-pulling me back (I will not apologise). However, I don't think I'd ever recommend someone pick it up. It really can be infuriating.

In case we were wondering whether there's a problem with inclusive language being our default; Steve Irwin in 1999:

...and he...well, they...

The Subway meat-free meatball is not good. It doesn't help that the person who served me seemed to have never made a sandwich before, but the meatball itself was like soggy, compacted sawdust. Their adverts that show people pretending to be worried that they're eating meat are borderline false advertising. It's almost entirely flavourless, but they've done their best to try and mask it with the other ingredients in the sandwich. I do like their Sriracha, though. Don't know how long they've been doing that.

The Greggs vegan steak bake, on the other hand, is very good. Exactly how I remember steak bakes from when I was 18. On reflection, that is nearly 17 years ago, which makes me feel somewhat sad.

I should point out that these were two separate meals. I didn't have a meatball sub and a steak bake for lunch!

When I was a kid, if I wanted something I knew there was zero chance of my parents signing off on it I would go on and on and on about it until they were so sick of hearing about it that they gave up and just let me get my way for some peace and quiet.

Now, this story about Brexit isn't true. But I feel like what it tells us about the Brexit campaign is.

Whilst cycling home, I came face-to-face with a family, all on (the frustratingly misleadingly-named) hoverboards, and I internally lamented the future that's been made for us.

I've been playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf with Tabitha. Everyone in my town was mad that they haven't seen their mayor for two years. I'm guessing they weren't too thrilled when I showed up, gave a load of money to my daughter, picked all the fruit and sold it, fished all the fish and sold them, caught all the bugs and sold them, dug a load of fossils and sold them, then added a couple of wings to my house.

One resident was so miffed, he moved to Tabitha's town almost immediately. A foolish move, since nepotism is almost always hereditary and we can probably assume that she's going to run her town in the same self-serving and negligent way that I've run mine.

I appear to have reached the part of my life that involves becoming obsessed with something for a short while, researching it, looking at endless photos, watching videos, trying stuff, then moving onto the next thing. So far, I've covered:

• Key organisation (I think I've completed this one)
• Pens (ongoing)
• Knives (this one sucks a bit in the UK)
• Torches
• Cameras (ongoing)
• Keyboards

I love learning about new things. Especially when there's a point I can get to where I'm happy with the knowledge I've accrued and I can move onto something new.

I feel like the next thing is going to be ways to prop my phone up for whatever reason. Lots of quarter-inch screws, cheese plates, and tripod leg stuff.

I'm going to be streaming again for a bit. I'm having so much fun with Hades, and the gameplay is so mad that watching back things I'm stuck on is really helpful, that even if when no-one watches it's worth doing.

The only mic I have right now is my Zoom, but I do have a lavalier that works with it so I might be able to get some decent audio. It's kinda jarring when I'm in a menu making a decision about some options but all you see is a frozen UI. Other than that it's probably just a lot of swearing. I don't like watching overly-chatty streamers, and I am not one.

Every now and again I'm like "I'm going to get into streaming", then I forget why I'm doing it or who I'm doing it for, or I stop playing the game that made me want to do it.

If watching me play video games appeals to you for whatever reason, you can subscribe to my Twitch and get notified when I'm playing. I have no schedule; I just play when I feel like it. I'll also upload my broadcasts to my YouTube if you want to skip through them and watch me suck. There's honestly no other reason to watch.

Jeffrey Lebowski listens to audio tapes of bowling matches and now you, the discerning keyboard enthusiast, can listen to typing sounds on some delightful mechanical keyboards. Not into vinyl? No matter, you can also listen on Spotify.

Disco Elysium will make a killing if it ever comes to the iPad.

But they'll probably bring it to Apple Arcade and I'll never play it because I'm sick of companies wanting an amount of money a month from me.